Axis Massing Ships For Reinforcing Africa Corps
Axis forces are reportedly shifting from Tripoli to Tunisia with a large convoy of ships across southern French ports to reinforce Rommel in North Africa. Allied and neutral sources say Axis troops and heavy equipment may depart Tripoli for a final push in Tunisia amid a two day Hitler HQ conference.
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Associated Press
London
Axis
Tripoli
Tunisia
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Erwin Rommel
Mussolini
Tripolitania
Reuters
North Africa
Walter Nehring
Daily Mail
Tadvid
Algiers
Dange Mince
Libya
Sultan
EL Agheila
Tripol
Rome Radio
Bong
Philippevile
Algeria
Cairg
Rommel
Pichon
Kairquan
Allied
Tunis
Bizerte
Sfax
RAF raids Duisburg in daylight and night assault
London reports the RAF pounded Duisburg at Rhine Ruhr junction after a daylight raid by American Fortresses. Twenty one planes were lost. the attack marked the second Duisburg strike and the fifth night raid on Germany this month.
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London
RAF
Germany
Duisberg
Rhine
Ruhr
France
The
Reich
Air Ministry
Fance
DNB
RAE
Hull
Humber Estuary
England
United States
Romilly-Sur-Seine
Air Force
Romilly-Sur- Seine
Paris
Frigid East Faces record cold as temperatures dive
A severe cold wave grips the east and midwest with sub zero readings from New York to Michigan. Mt Kisee shows 28 below, Yorktown Heights 21 below, Albany 18 below, Boston 5 below, and Buffalo also below zero amid ongoing oil and fuel rationing concerns as a warmer spell is forecast to arrive.
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Associated Press
New York City
Westchester County
Mt. Kisee
Yorktown Heights
Albany
Boston
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Duluth
Owl's Head
Mrs Hall Dies in New Brunswick After Hall Mills Case Acquittal
Frances Stevens Hall 79 who was acquitted of murder in the Hall Mills case of 1926 died here last Saturday. She had been the widow of a clergyman and linked to the famous murder involving his choir singer companion.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Frances Stevens Hall
Hall-Mills
Indictment Over Defective Wire Fed Army and Russia
Attorney General Biddle announced the indictment of Anaconda Wire and Cable Co and five officers for defrauding the government and supplying defective war material used by U S armed forces. The firm allegedly produced faulty wire tied to six million dollars in orders with some shipments to Russia, prompting a Soviet protest.
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Washington
Biddle
Anaconda Wire and Cable Co
Justice Department
Marion Inc
Russia
U. S. Army
Fort Wayne
Ind
Department of Justice
FBI
Thor $. Johnson
Anaconda Mills
Frank E. Hart
Marion
Anaconda
Don Carpenter
Clal»mer Bishop
Frank Kunkle
Tom GC. Clark
Tal Newspapermnew
Margaret Herlihy Acquitted in Husband’s Fatal Shooting
In Bisbee Arizona on December 21 Margaret Herlihy, 21, daughter of Lt. Col. FE. G. Herlihy, is acquitted of murdering Capt. David D. Carr during a struggle at their home after defending herself in the incident tied to prior letters from Carr and a Mexico secret marriage. Prosecutor John F. Ross praised the verdict.
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Bisbee
Ariz
Margaret Herlihy
David D. Carr
FE. G. Herlihy
John. F.ross
Miss Herlihy
Carl
Mexico
Fil
Margaret
Carr
Dand
Wings Awarded to 19 College Trainees in Ceremony
At Huron College Auditorium a ceremony awarded wings to ten Army Air Corps reserve trainees and nine Naval Air Corps cadets who had solo flights. Presenters included Navy recruiter Chief H T Burt and Murray Hanner SPIC.
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Army
Naval Air Corps
Huron College Auditorium
H. T. Burt
Navy
Murray Hanner
Army Air Corps Reserve
Joes
Gerald Abier
William Albright
Huron
Fred Dosch
McLaughlin
Robert Hicks
Colman
Marvin Goos
Silver City
Town
Clinton McKillop
Canistota
Lellan Schroedermeier
Hurley
Leonard Strand
Harold Underhill
Mitchell
Ward Wallace
Britton
Ralph Akins
Waverly
Minn
Lloyd Christianson
Minneola
Everett Dockendorf
Rapid City
Dean Erickson
Sioux Falls
Rollie Pey
Turton
Burton Larrabee
Howard Lake
Jack Levinson
Maurice Moran
Slayton
Wilbur
Thompson
CAA War Training Service
Farm Machinery Gets Top Priority by War Board
The War Production Board assigns its top priority A-1 to delivery of materials needed for farm machinery. The move, urged by WPE Office of Civilian Supply, aims to speed production and repair of tillage tools and equipment for the spring planting season.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPE
Office of Civilian Supply
Italians Pay Penalty For Stealing Libya War Today
The article profiles Italy’s Libyan gamble under Mussolini, noting setbacks as British offensives push back Italian colonists who labored to cultivate farms in the Garden of Eden. It frames the Libyan campaign as risking Rome’s imperial gains and highlights harsh conditions on El Alamein’s front.
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Barce
Liba
Libya
Roman Empire
Italy
Mussolini
Deir Pationg
el Alamein
Bea. MacKenzie
Pace Piva
Over Ten Billion In Victory Bonds Sold This Month
Washington reports more than 10 billion dollars in bonds subscribed so far this month and the Victory fund drive expects to raise another 1 billion by month end. The December campaign set a 9 billion goal, which has already been exceeded, and Morgenthau raised the target to 11 billion.
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Washington
Dec
Joans
Freesury
Morgenthau
Cash Minimum Wage Must Be Paid in Money, AG Finds
The office ruled that the 12 a week minimum for women must be paid in cash or by check, not in merchandise or board. The opinion responded to Arend Lakeman’s query and emphasized the wage must be paid in money.
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Pierre
Arend
Lakeman
Walworth County
Ten Million Drivers Rally Behind Price Plan
The Office of Price Administration announced that about ten million motorists have turned in their old vehicles under the government purchase plan. This marks broad participation in the program as of December 21.
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Washington
Office of Price” ‘Administration
German Army in Caucasus Placed In New Danger
Moscow dispatch reports the Red Army continues its winter off ensive toward the Donets Basin and Prip wind regions. German transports face rising danger from Soviet fighters as the front lines push toward Millerovo and Rostov, while Stalingrad area battles intensify and Soviet gains widen.
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Moscow
Red Arm
Don
Ukraine
Donets
Hitler
Don-Volga
Stalingrad
Roslav
Rzhev
Secor
Moscow-Rostov
Millerovo
Rostov
Red
Mankovo-Kulitvenskaya
Millerove
Degreva
DNB
Joseph Stalin
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Los Angeles
Hawaii
Dewitt MacKenzie
Garden of Eden
W.M. Bennett
Harding County
Bennett
Signal Corps
Sioux Falls Army Technical School
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Azors
Stalinsgrad
Rzhev-Velitie Luki
Central Front
Middle Don
Stalimgrad
Velikie Tuki
Velikie Luki
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